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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. REYNOLDS, OF BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO PERRY F. COLE, REUBEN O. CURL, AND WALTER A.

BADGER, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

SHOW AND STORAGE CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,032, dated March 13 1883. Application filed May 1, 1882. Renewed February 8, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID R. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bellel'ontaine, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Show and Storage Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to combining'a display and storage case in drygoods stores, and is intended both for giving a convenient form for storing small articles in a compact form, which usually give great annoyance by becoming scattered, and in so displaying them that the customer may see samples of the difl'erent articles in the case at a glance, saving much time and trouble to both. The case is also adap ed for holding printers. lawyers, and others blanks, filing merchants bills, &c.

Figure l is a perspective view with door open; Fig. 2, perspective view, showing a stocking-case with two slides standing perpendicular; Fig. 3, perspective view with slides taken out,showing the grooves in which supports or pivots of slides move; Fig 4, perspective view of one of the slides; Fig. 5, a side view of slide; Fig. 6, perspective view of slide with pockets for holding small-articles.

Similar letters et'er to similarparts through- Ollt.

A is the case; B, the door; 0, the displayslides; D, pivots on which slides move in grooves E; F, spring-holding stockings on pin G; I, pockets forholding articles to be displayed; H, glass doors exhibiting line of kid gloves or other small articles in sides of case; K, ledge of slide 0.

One of my chief aims is to so display and store stockings (which are usually strung on wires all over the store, or kept in boxes inconvenient for display or handling) that they can be seen and handled without trouble. I make my case of size to hold from fifty to one hundred dozens of stockings. The case is made twice the height (inside) that the slides are deep, so that when the middle and top slides are pulled out in position, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, they cover thewhole front,mak-

On each of these slides I place, say, five to ten dozen hose, one number only on each slide. Thus the top slide may contain No. 6s, the second slide 5s, the

third 4s, and so on, so that aladycan draw out look through all the styles in a few moments without displacing any, saving the trouble of handling of boxes and placing all the styles of the size she wears in shape really to be compared. Each bundle of hose is fastened on its slide at the top by pins G, passing up from the slide through each bundle, while springs F bear upon the separate bundles, allowing one bundle to be takenout at a time without disturbing the rest. the bottom bears on all the bundles and holds the feet in position.

For showing and storing gloves I divide my slides into, convenient partitions (by pins or otherwise) suitable to the size of the gloves, preferring to place only gloves of one size on a slide.

Across the back of my slides I extend a strengthening-piece, D,of iron orotlier suitable material, set into the wood so as to be flush with the back, strengthening it and keeping the slide from warping. This piece'l) extends far enough beyond the edges to form pins, which support the slide in groove E, and also 'act as a pivot for the slide when it is drawn out beyond the other slides far enough to allow it to fall into perpendicular position.

The arrangement of my case is such that dust is virtually excluded, which makes it a A spring across the slide at very desirable method of storing and exhibitf ing silks and many other articles in the drygoods line.

What 1 claim is.-

1. (Jase A, having exhibiting-windows in front and both sides, in combination with the slides (3, arranged to assume a vertical or nearly vertical position when displaying goods, and a horizontal position when not so in use, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with case A, having groovesE, the slides O,,having piece D, acting as brace and support when the slide is in a horizontal position, and as a pivot when the slide is turned into a vertical position, substantially as set forth. I

DAVID R. REYNOLDS.

Attest:

P. F. COLE, R. 0. CURL. 

